Tn6198, a novel transposon containing the trimethoprim resistance gene dfrG embedded into a Tn916 element in Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 986-991

  Bertsch, David ^a   Uruty, Anaïs ^a   Anderegg, Janine ^a   Lacroix, Christophe ^a   Perreten, Vincent ^b   Meile, Leo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conjugative transposon; Horizontal gene transfer; L. monocytogenes; Multidrug resistance; Tet(M)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TN6198 PROTEIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; SALMON; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

EID: 84877112639     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks531     Document Type: Article

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